Opinion: Trump’s Easter Message Isn’t Just Wrong—It’s Blasphemous

On hearing that President Donald Trump was compared to Jesus Christ at a White House Easter luncheon, a New York priest beloved by everybody from firefighters to construction workers to refugees to the homeless had much the same instant reaction as would any true Christian.

“Donald Trump is no more Jesus Christ than I am an astronaut on Pluto,” Father Brian Jordan said from Midtown Manhattan, where he serves as pastor of The Church of St. Francis of Assisi.

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